A typical American household spends 90 percent of their food budget on processed foods, and are exposed to a plethora of artificial food additives, many of which cause dire consequences to your health. Here are the top 10 food additives you need to avoid…

If you don’t know what a Neti Pot is then your in for a great surprise, especially if you suffer from allergies or sinus infections. I created a quick video explaining how to use this ancient device and invited a friend who’s never heard the word, give it a try for the…

One of the great scams of the industrial food cartel is the so-called “fresh” orange juice sold in supermarkets. This is a great video of author Alissa Hamiliton who has written a new book on the subject called ‘Squeezed: What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice.’ I was shocked when I learned…

Everyone now knows that processed and fast foods are not the bastions of nutrition, but that shouldn’t make these ingredients found inside them any less revolting. Check out these top 10 weird ingredients…

You don’t have to go full throttle, punk rock raw vegan to reap the benefits of nutritional health. Incorporating more whole foods into your diet is the first step. Here are a few quick recipes to get you started…

If it comes in a bag, a box, a bottle, a can or other container, it may have started out as food, but somewhere all along the way it met the manufacturing process. Some ‘foods’ like glow-in-the-dark candy goo sold to children obviously aren’t food and are highly manufactured products, but a great deal of…

Thrown, dropped, mutilated, and ground-up alive. This is the shocking reality faced by hundreds of thousands of chicks each day at the world’s largest egg-laying breed hatchery – Hy-Line International in Spencer, Iowa. New hidden camera footage obtained at this facility during a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation gives a disturbing glimpse into the…

The USDA has established an organic certification program that requires all organic foods to meet strict government standards. These standards regulate how such foods are grown, handled and processed. Any farmer or food manufacturer who labels and sells a product as organic must…

Deciding whether to buy organic or conventional bananas is a toughie. Organic ones are more expensive (usually at least 30 cents more per pound), and I’ve noticed that they seem to bruise more easily – anyone else notice that, too? The major difference between the two are that conventional bananas are…

Common herbs and spices show promise as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides, scientists have told a major US conference. They could become a key weapon against insect pests in organic agriculture, the researchers say, as the industry attempts to satisfy demand. The best herbs to use are…

It was discovered yesterday that controversial trials of genetically modified crops have begun in ‘secret’ on a British farm. Locals were not told the GM potatoes that are engineered to be resistant to pests were planted earlier this year. But environmental campaigners warned that neighboring farms could be put at risk…

I was at the grocery store yesterday when I noticed something I’d never seen… Blue Ginger. I was incredibly intrigued…it looked like ginger but had white flesh and pinkish skin with reddish brown rings. I decided to buy some and do a little research on this new herb I discovered. Turns out that…

What is cholesterol? How much is to much cholesterol? Is cholesterol good or bad? Do I even need cholesterol? Over 40% of Americans have high cholesterol, but many have no idea what it is. I’ve created a simple guide to help demystify this fatty substance we call cholesterol.

You may not give your tongue much thought, but chances are your doctor does. Telling a patient to stick out their tongue is a valid way to start examining someone, says Dr. Jordan S. Josephson, attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. In fact, in Chinese medicine they believe that the tongue…

Aloe Vera benefits for health have just been popular since lately years ago. All of the hundreds of varieties of Aloe Vera around the world have benefits to our body. You can use it for external treatment or consume it, both have their own purposes. Aloe Vera’s rich content of…

For some of us gardening in a traditional garden just isn’t a reality. Much of the population is packed into large cities with little to no green space to speak of. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t grow your own plants and some of your own food. I would also have to advise that if you’re interested in actually…